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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Daesung Electric Co., Ltd., Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
DAESUNG ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a turn signal includes a turn signal switch configured to include at least one of operation modes of a lane change mode and a turn mode. A steering angle sensor is configured to detect a steering angle of a vehicle. A controller is configured to control the turn signal switch to turn on and off a turn signal lamp according to an operation mode and to turn off the turn signal lamp in at least one of a case in which the steering angle, which returns in a reverse direction to a course change direction detected by the steering angle sensor, reaches a preset angle and a case in which an operation time of the turn signal switch exceeds a preset time.